So I started working on a model that I've been meaning to create for quite some time now. Being a huge John Carpenter fan, it only seemed natural that I'd eventually model Snake Plissken from the "Escape from New York." I absolutely adore that movie! Snake's quite possibly one of cinema's most iconic characters.The process behind capturing Kurt Russell's likeness was simple enough, finding a ton of reference. In practice, however, he definitely was definitely one of the more complex likenesses that I had to work with. Russell definitely has "one of those" faces, where he can look completely different depending on what angle you are looking at him from. Here are a few screenshots of what he looked like early on in the sculpting process:

Once basic sculpting was done, I decided to add some Polypaint to see whether or not my proportions were correct . I always find it a lot easier to gauge how far off I am with a bit of color added. I also decided that I did not want to stick with sculpted hair. So I started incorporating Fibermesh in Zbrush to get a more pleasing result.

Below is the current state of the mesh. I plan on adding his gear, refining his detail, and potentially rigging him for animation in the near future. Stay tuned!!!

what are the chances of getting an obj,stl version of this, so I can 3d print it? It's the best likeness I can see on the internet :) and I would love to have it printed to hang on my shelf. cheers - I wouldn't share the files and I wouldnt sell the model.

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I.B.

11/2/2016 12:00:24 pm

Fantastic so far! Please keep us posted.

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Andrew K

12/30/2017 09:08:33 pm

Hi! I'm looking to acquire a Snake Plissken head for a mini conversion of mine, because it'd be totally awesome to make it. Yours is truly the best I have EVER seen...would it be at all possible to create this as a 3d model that can be printed on shapeways or something of that nature?